Open AccessPigs in the Faroe Islands: An Ancient Facet of the Islands' Paleoeconomy
Author(s) -
Símun V. Arge,
Mike J. Church,
Seth Brewington
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of the north atlantic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.242
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1935-1984
pISSN - 1935-1933
DOI - 10.3721/037.002.0104
Subject(s) - zooarchaeology , facet (psychology) , archaeology , geography , animal husbandry , history , agriculture , personality , big five personality traits , psychology , social psychology
This paper discusses the evidence for pig husbandry in the Faroes during the Norse and early Medieval periods. The evidence from zooarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology, and place-name evidence is reviewed, proposing that the keeping of pigs was an important part of the early paleoeconomy of the islands.
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